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Toothpaste Defense fails crucial test

Posted on January 05, 2010
In Massachusetts, a state legislator has been ordered to prison after he reportedly failed a Breathalyzer test, violating his probation. (He'd pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run accident.) His argument for why he failed the test: He hadn't been drinking, so...

Wizard says he pulled gun in locker room as joke

Posted on January 05, 2010
Gilbert Arenas, a player for the Washington Wizards, says he pulled some unloaded guns in the team locker room, but says it was intended as a joke and he didn't point them at anyone. (The other player mentioned in rumors,...

Suspected killer has one regret: That he didn't kill more people, police say

Posted on January 05, 2010
From AP: Newly released court documents say one of the men charged with killing a New Hampshire woman in her bed told police his only regret was that he didn't succeed in killing her 11-year-old daughter. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...

Vegas gunman was upset over Social Security, sources say

Posted on January 05, 2010
The AP, citing unnamed sources, says the gunman who killed a security guard and wounded a deputy U.S. marshal yesterday in Las Vegas was allegedly upset about his Social Security benefits. He'd sued the government over the matter, but the...

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The good news is nobody died

Posted on January 05, 2010
In New York, a school-bus driver has pleaded guilty to 37 counts of child endangerment and DUI after she allegedly drove kids while she was drunk. (You've got to feel bad, at the end of video, for the little kid...

Legal theorists abandon the death penalty

Posted on January 05, 2010
Years ago, the American Law Institute -- a large group of lawyers, judges and professors -- helped develop national standards for using the death penalty, ideas adopted by many in the legal profession. Last year, though, the group decided to...

Now, THAT is a lovely mugshot

Posted on January 05, 2010
It's one thing to get busted for public intoxication. It's another to get busted while dressed like a Nazi. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Gambler threatens to kill racing horse

Posted on January 05, 2010
In Great Britain, a man has pleaded guilty to threatening the life of a race horse, unless the horse was withdrawn from a competition. (The guy had forgotten to place a bet on behalf of a gambling syndicate. If the...

Mid-Mo. murder case keeps getting weirder

Posted on January 05, 2010
Last week, we had a post about a murder case from Audrain County, Mo., over near Mexico. A trucker named Chester Harvey Jr. and his 19-year-old son, Chad, were accused of murdering a guy that Chester had picked up in...

Worship center raided by Jackson County

Posted on January 05, 2010
From The Star: An Independence worship center and a nearby house were raided Monday night as part of an ongoing investigation. According to reporting partner KSHB-TV, the Jackson County Sheriff?s Department says it was looking for records, firearms and computers...

Is the U.S. being unfair to Mexican drug smugglers?

Posted on January 05, 2010
Hahahahahahaha -- sorry, I got the giggles after typing that headline. Anyway, the Arizona Republic reports, the U.S. is trying a new tactic with drug smugglers that get caught at the Nogales ports of entry. You see, most smugglers are...

The prosecutors of the world dodge a giant bullet

Posted on January 05, 2010
Two wrongly convicted men -- Terry Harrington and Curtis W. McGhee Jr. -- are going to be paid $12 million thanks to a settlement with Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and the men who prosecuted them. Harrington and McGhee's lawsuit raised a...

KC recorded more bias crimes in 2009

Posted on January 04, 2010
There were 35 last year, about three times as many as 2008, Christine wrote in a piece that ran this weekend. It's not clear if there really were more or if the system is just getting better at logging these...

China arrests 5,400 for online porn

Posted on January 04, 2010
That's porn, period -- they're not targeting child pornography, bestiality, etc. The Chinese government actively monitors how its citizens use the Web. Critics say that many of these pornography arrests are actually cases where the government is going after people...

They still don't think the Muhammad cartoons are funny

Posted on January 04, 2010
Last week, an ax-wielding man tried to break down the front door of Kurt Westergaard, a Danish political cartoonist. Westergaard has been the object of death threats since he drew cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, something that many Muslims considered...

Abducted kids found 11 years later

Posted on January 04, 2010
In Pennsylvania, police have arrested a woman named Jill Haugen, who -- authorities allege -- parentally abducted her two sons about 11 years ago. Guess how they caught her. She actually called them and said that she didn't want to...

Proof that God is watching over tweakers

Posted on January 04, 2010
In Murfreesboro, Tenn., police found a man asleep next to a gas pump, amazingly NOT exploded, despite having an active meth lab in his back seat. An employee at the convenience store says the man had been there about an...

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on January 04, 2010
Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...

Ga. couple accused of tattooing their kids

Posted on January 04, 2010
Six children allegedly received "black cross" tattoos on their hands after Mom and Dad reportedly laid hands on a tattooing device. (They used guitar strings for needles, police allege.) It's not clear if the kids WANTED the tats, but it...

Scott Roeder trial set for Jan. 11

Posted on January 04, 2010
The prosecution's witness list now tops 220 people. And they'd like to add another 10 people, if the judge approves. Obviously, the church ushers who witnessed the murder are on the list, along with Roeder's family, various LEOs and an...

Secret Service investigating Obama effigy in Georgia

Posted on January 04, 2010
In Plains, Jimmy Carter's hometown, of all places. Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!

Bus rider cut woman's hair without her knowing, Ore. cops say

Posted on January 04, 2010
An Oregon man, 22, is accused of cutting the hair of a woman while they were riding the bus. The woman, sadly, didn't know he was doing it because he was sitting behind her, police say. He's been charged with...

Abduction charges possible in unusual custody case

Posted on January 04, 2010
In Fairfax County, Va., police are saying that parental-abduction charges are possible a woman, Lisa Miller, who refuses to hand over her child to her former partner. The two women had a civil union in Vermont, and Miller got pregnant...

Why they're packing heat at the Lawrence Humane Society

Posted on January 04, 2010
It's because the shelter investigates reports of animal cruelty, and sometimes, the people being investigated aren't in a good place mentally. From the Journal-World: ?We?re dealing with people that might not be in the best position in their lives and...

Man uses bomb threat to rob OP pharmacy

Posted on January 04, 2010
From Joe Lambe: Overland Park police today evacuated several businesses after a robber at a pharmacy put a clock on the counter and said it was a bomb. A heavy-set man demanded prescription medicine and left, police said. An employee...

Report: Man stabbed in Lenexa road rage case

Posted on January 04, 2010
It reportedly happened Sunday near 95th and Quivira, after one vehicle cut off another, Fox 4 reports. The victim received several chest wounds and required open-heart surgery. Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!

More about the Mohlers

Posted on January 04, 2010
Actually, AP says TWO of the Mohlers were in court today: In one of the brief hearings, a Lafayette County judge set a March 24 trial date for 72-year-old Darrel W. Mohler, of Silver Springs, Fla. Mohler, who was hunched...

"Uncle Ed" Muscare in court Wednesday

Posted on January 04, 2010
For allegedly violating his probation by posting videos on "YouTube." (This report from WKMG-TV in Florida refers to him as "the singing sex offender.") Muscare, who used to be a TV host in Kansas City, pleaded no-contest in 1987 to...

Who killed Javier Reynoza?

Posted on January 04, 2010
From KCKPD: The victim from the homicide that occurred on January 2, 2010 in the 1700 Block of Central Avenue has been identified. Javier Reynoza, Hispanic male, DOB 11/27/1972 was a Kansas City, Kansas resident. The victim?s family has been...

Where is Adam Herrman?

Posted on January 04, 2010
It's been a year since Adam Herrman was reported missing -- which was about a decade AFTER he'd disappeared near Towanda, Kan. The report spurred several searches in Butler County, but nothing ever turned up. No charges yet, though the...

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